Some Laundry survivors won’t get health cover

Magdalene survivors living outside the State will not be entitled to health benefits in their country of residence but would have to return here to avail of promised healthcare under legislation being drafted by the Department of Justice.

This comes as it was announced that €250,000 has been paid by the department to a UK-based survivors network Sally Mulready’s Irish Women Survivors Support Network (IWSSN).

The department added that to facilitate good governance, the group have recently registered as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and an agreement has been entered into to route the funding through Voluntary Action Camden.